Welcome to the UVM Farmer Training website!

Here you can see all the fun stuff we share- pics, recipes, ideas, events. There's links to the calendar, the group email, and things like Professor Lunch sign up sheets. You don't need google, facebook, or any social network to see what's going on here.Also check out our Alumni page- keep in touch with friends from your class and meet some new ones. Share where you've landed, make connections for farming, or send questions to the group.

Mimi Arnstein & Wellsprings Farm

We got to spend the day with Mimi taking a tour of her farm, which operates a 150 member CSA. We had a great day with perfect weather for a tour of her 5 acres diversified veggie farm. Mimi's farm is part of a three family land cooperative and she spoke about that as well her CSA and wholesale aspect of her business. We took a stroll down to the swimming hole at lunch and helped weed some spinach and mesclun beds in the afternoon. All in all an inspiring day, as she had some great words of wisdom and advice for us, ending the day with "follow your dreams!"

John Hayden & The Farm Between

During our field trip to John Hayden's The Farm Between, highlights included learning about sustainable farming practices like Hugel culture, draft horses, humanure, creating bee habitats, and meeting Kiddo the dog.